Dynamic analysis of modular multilevel converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2526-2537

  Harnefors, Lennart ^a,b   Antonopoulos, Antonios ^b   Norrga, Staffan ^b   Angquist, Lennart ^b   Nee, Hans Peter ^b  

^a R and D Department   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Control; dynamic systems; modular multilevel converters (M2Cs); voltage source converters (VSCs)

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; EXPLICIT FORMULA; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; SUBMODULES; SYSTEM MODELS; VOLTAGE-SOURCE CONVERTER;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84874851348     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2194974     Document Type: Article

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